Benny “The Bull” La Rocca just couldn’t believe his luck. What had he done to make the Don so pissed at him that he’d given the Bull this job. The job being to whack some volcanologist that had stolen the Dons gal. Things couldn’t have gotten much worse than that thought Benny. In retrospect, Benny thought he would’ve done the same. No one messes with another mans woman. Word of God on that.

So now Benny was stuck with it. He had traced this scientist all the was to Naples of all places. Benny hated Naples; actually Benny hated any place that wasn’t Sicily. His sources had told him that the scientist was up on Mount Vesuvius of all places. Grunting with the effort Benny started his climb. It was exhausting work, but eventually he made his way up the side of the volcano and found the scientist at the summit.

Benny was thinking about shooting the man in the back and being done with the whole thing, but the Don was explicit in his instructions. The man had to know why he was being whacked. The man was bending over some instrument when Benny found him. Benny was about to say something when the man suddenly stood up. He didn’t know that Benny was behind him and when he stood up he swung an instrument pole that he had.

Benny let out a woof as the man accidentally knocked him into the volcano. He screamed all the way to the bottom. Oddly enough the lava didn’t kill him like it should, but instead it changed him. His body changed from normal flesh to the raging lava at the bottom of the volcano.

The transformation was extremely violent, and Mount Vesuvius erupted. Benny was rocketed into the air with the rest of the lava to only come crashing down upon Naples. After he regained consciousness, Benny was in a rage. Benny proceeded to rain destruction on Naples. He destroyed indiscriminately, his rage knew no bounds. It was the shock of the water hitting him that brought him up short.

Standing in a nearby fountain was a man with blue hair and he was wearing a smile.

“Quite impressive,” said the man. “My name is Seiche, and I could use the services of a man of your stature.”

Benny stood there in the piazza and scratched his head; sending embers flying all over the place.

“Ah sure,” said Benny. “Sounds like a blast.”

Then the two proceeded to destroy large sections of Naples before fleeing. Since that day, Benny works for a new Don, as a member of Ruin. He has also taken on the code name: Vesuvius.

Personality

Benny has lived the life of a mobster for most of his life. All this violence makes him easily angered. Especially when someone disrespects him. Those who disrespect Vesuvius are going to go to the hospital with some serious burns.

Vesuvius also thinks he’s Gods gift to women. He has hit on all the women in Ruin, but is turned off by Monsoon, and hates Tunguka’s laugh. Of course he has also hit on the women of the Elementals, except for Starfish who’s just too weird for Vesuvius. When facing female Ubers Vesuvius is always condescending to them. Vesuvius isn’t too well liked by female Uber society.

Quote

“You call that a hit. The nuns at Saint Francis hit harder than that.”

Powers

Vesuvius is an Uber whose body naturally generates lava. He can burn holes through walls just by walking into him. The lava protects Vesuvius just like armor, and those who come into contact with him will burn themselves. Vesuvius in his super-powered form generates extreme heat, and nearby objects have a tendency to burst into flames. His most dramatic attack is to create blobs of lava out of thin air. Vesuvius can throw this ball of lava causing a lot of destruction.

Appearance

When Benny becomes Vesuvius he becomes a man made of lava. Flames dance across his red lumpy flesh. His eyes become pools of orangish flames. In this form, Vesuvius doesn’t wear a costume. When he returns to his natural shape, Benny is a large man who just makes a person think that he’s a mobster. Even in his natural form, Benny is bald and his eyes are still orange. He keeps this hidden by always wearing sunglasses. Benny likes to wear expensive suits when not being Vesuvius.